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End of the Cold War - Coggle Diagram
End of the Cold War
Superpowers relation from 1960s to 1970s
Reduction of tensions due to detente
Stalling & abandonment of detente
Long term developments
American economic & military superiority (US)
Economic boom in USA and Western Europe
Renewal of the arms race
SDI /Star Wars
Able Archer 83
Declining confidence in communist ideology & failure of Soviet economy (SU)
Structural weaknesses of the command economy
Lack of consumer goods & low quality of life
External burdens of SU
Increased resistance in the communist bloc
Short term developments
Gorbachev's leadership & reforms
Glasnost
Perestroika
Implications of economic & SU's foreign policy reforms
end of soviet control in Eastern Europe
Fall of Berlin Wall
Increased cooperation between the superpowers
Disintegration of the Soviet Union